[ale] Accessing Server without Domain Name

[John Wells]

Ah...gotcha.  Missed that important bit of info.

John


Geoffrey said:
>
>
> John Wells wrote:
>> Huh?
>>
>> Why would the router not know how to route to a host on the internal
>> network?  Even if the IP addr is assigned through DHCP, the router
>> should maintain this addr in its tables and know how to forward
>> traffic accordingly.
>
> He said 'placing the ip in the browser inside his network.'  The only ip
>  mentioned was the static ip, which would send the request to the
> router.
>
> Sure, if he uses the dynamic ip provided by the router, but as I recall,
>  he already said he tested it locally.  He wants to test it via the
> internet.
>
>>
>> John
>>
>> Geoffrey said:
>>
>>>
>>>Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
>>>
>>>>The traffic from the internet needs a way to get to the internal box.
>>>> The Router/Firewall doesn't automatically know what kind of servers
>>>> are running behind it, so you have to forward port 80 to the actual
>>>> webserver using whatever provisions are inside the Router/Firewall.
>>>>
>>>>Typing the IP address in a web browser should work fine on the same
>>>> network as the webserver, however.
>>>
>>>I think not, as the webserver has probably got a dynamic ip provided
>>> by the router.  Placing the ip in the browser inside his network would
>>> still make a request to the router, in which case, it still wouldn't
>>> know where to forward the request.
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>>>
>>>I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
>>>to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>>>
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>
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>
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?




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